Cycling bike of the year '25

This year we’re doing things a little differently and focusing solely on trail bikes for our Bike of the Year test. It’s an exciting category that’s really developed over the past few years, with bike

Cannondale’s Synapse Carbon 2 (£7,250) is a deserving winner of our overall Bike of the Year title, 11 years since its ancestor claimed victory. Since then, of course, the endurance bike game has move

Endurance bikes have switched up a gear for 2025. The trend towards all-road bikes that we’ve seen over the past few years seems to be over, thanks to the emergence of fast, lightweight, all-road-capa

Wilier Rave SLR ID2 £9,200 (read full review next issue) The SLR ID2 is designed for speed, with aero tube shapes and a widened down tube that shields water bottles from the wind, plus a racy geometry

Cube Attain C:62 SLT £2,999 This is one of the best pure endurance bikes around, and it’s incredible value for money. The carbon fibre frame has stiff and light high-modulus fibres in the head tube an

In the end, there could only be two. The Colnago Y1Rs and Cervélo S5 might seem like obvious choices as finalists for our 2025 Race Bike of the Year category, but it’s with good reason. Beyond the fac